Cross-team Collaboration Template

1. Collaboration Overview

Project Information

  • Initiative Name: Name
  • Duration: Timeframe
  • Priority Level: High/Medium/Low

Participating Teams

TeamPrimary ContactRole in Initiative

2. Alignment Framework

Shared Objectives

  1. Primary Goal:
    • Clear statement
    • Success metrics:
      • Metric 1
      • Metric 2
  2. Team-specific Goals:
    • Team A:
      • Goal
    • Team B:
      • Goal

Value Proposition

  • Business value:
    • Impact
  • Customer value:
    • Benefit
  • Team value:
    • Benefit

3. Responsibility Matrix

RACI Matrix

Task/DeliverableResponsibleAccountableConsultedInformed

Team Commitments

  • Team A commits to:
    • Commitment 1
    • Commitment 2
  • Team B commits to:
    • Commitment 1
    • Commitment 2

4. Communication Protocol

Regular Touchpoints

  • Sync frequency:
    • Daily/Weekly/Bi-weekly
  • Format:
    • Meeting type
  • Required attendees:
    • Roles

Communication Channels

  • Primary channel:
    • Tool/Platform
  • Emergency protocol:
    • Process
  • Documentation location:
    • Repository

5. Dependencies Management

Cross-team Dependencies

DependencyProviderConsumerDue DateStatus

Blocking Issues Protocol

  1. Identification:
    • Process
  2. Escalation path:
    • Steps
  3. Resolution tracking:
    • Method

6. Resource Sharing

Shared Resources

  • Tools:
    • Tool + Access details
  • Environments:
    • Environment + Access
  • Knowledge bases:
    • Documentation + Location

Capacity Planning

  • Team A capacity:
    • Allocation
  • Team B capacity:
    • Allocation
  • Shared resources:
    • Allocation

7. Risk Management

Identified Risks

RiskImpactLikelihoodMitigationOwner

Contingency Plans

  1. Scenario 1
    • Response plan:
    • Team responsibilities:
  2. Scenario 2
    • Response plan:
    • Team responsibilities:

8. Success Metrics

Collaboration Metrics

  • Communication effectiveness:
    • Metric
  • Delivery efficiency:
    • Metric
  • Quality measures:
    • Metric

Team Health Indicators

  • Cross-team satisfaction:
    • Measurement method
  • Collaboration barriers:
    • Tracking method

9. Review & Adjustment

Regular Reviews

  • Review frequency:
    • Timeline
  • Focus areas:
    • Areas
  • Adjustment process:
    • Process

Retrospective Plan

  • Frequency:
    • Timeline
  • Format:
    • Structure
  • Action tracking:
    • Method

Notes

  • Update this document as collaboration evolves
  • Share with all participating teams
  • Review and adjust regularly